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Manga readers everywhere are now beginning to understand the true power of manga as a global economic force. Just about everything these days is becoming manga-ized…Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel comics, you name it. So ...0

Maybe if the world was dominated by Marvel, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. (Unless it was by one of its supervillains.) Apparently Marvel thinks so too as they prepare to unleash their superheroes upon another s...0

Apparently everyone loves the Yeti. None more so, it looks like, than a team of Japanese mountain climbers who are going on a mission to encounter the Yeti in Nepal. Takahashi Yoshiteru, 65, has formed an elite team of six to...0

Yeah, I'm looking at you, Jack Black. Meet your nemesis. An Asiatic black bear at the Hiroshima City Zoo named Claude showed his awesomeness to visitors recently via his kung fu-like prowess at playing with a stick...0

shugyosha – student warrior.Chronicles of the Anime Shugyosha, or CotAS, is a column where I, Webimpulse, review classic anime. Compared to the other writers on Jtor, I’m pretty new to the medium of anime. That&rs...0

I know I brought up a lot of personal feelings from people when I brought up World War II in my last post, and while it was my intention to stir up debate, I didn’t know it’d end up as passionate as it did. And, w...0

I’m not sure where the readers of Jtor stand on such thorny subjects as that of World War II, but I’m about to do something to find out by highlighting a book that recently came to light in the US national media. ...0

I don’t know about the rest of you Jtor readers, but I’m a big Armored Core fan. Been one since Armored Core 2 came out for the PlayStation 2 -- I know that doesn’t make me die-hard old-school, but at l...0

Right now, as I’m typing this concert review, one question is ringing through my mind as my ears ring their post-concert protests: how could I have possibly survived the awesomeness that is Melt-Banana?The concert was e...0

Hello again Jtor,As you can see, this new post of Chronicles of the Anime Shugyosha comes amidst the reconstruction and relaunch of Japanator. We all hope you like it’s new awesomeness, and, well, I at least figured: wh...0

Hello fair readers of Jtor,
Seeing as I haven’t posted to the site much prior to this post, you probably don’t know that much about me. However, one thing you might guess about me judging from what I have posted so far...0

For all those English-speaking gaijin living in Tokyo (oh, how I wish I was there) who happen to love movies, consider this your wake-up call - six classic Japanese films are going to be screened in Tokyo's Akasaka Kumin Ce...0

BitTorrent - it's not just for downloading fansubbed anime anymore. Kadokawa Holdings has recently announced that it will make a collection of over 200 films from its Kadokawa Herald Pictures library available to (legitimat...0

Hello, my name is Webimpulse and I’m a new writer for Japanator. *takes a bow* Rather than bore you with all the sordid details of my life to date, I figured I’d give you some insight into the kind of anime I like (and ...0